since 70 ad when the roman empire destroyed the temple and jerusalem. wich was a fufillment of what jesus prophesied.in matthew ch 24 v 2.. the jewish people were scattered to the gentile nations and their land was desolate though the roman catholic thurch and its 3 crusades tried to make it a possesion of its own and have failed ..and all other attempts to posess the land why.... because god promised they would return to their own land and never again be uprooted from it, after 2000 yrs the jews have returned to the land god promised them through abraham, genisis ch 12 v 2 v 3.. they were sent to the gentiles as a judgement of god. in ezekiel ch 36 v 24, god said to the nation of israel........... i will take you from among the gentiles and gather you of all countries and i will bring you into your own land... this happened and in 1948 it became a state decreed by the un and they have come back to their land also in isaiah ch 49 v 22 god said ..... i will lift up my hand to the gentiles and set up my standard to the people and they shall bring your sons in their arms and your daughters shall be carried upon your sholders. this was fullfilled in 1948. consider this for 2000 yrs they never had a homeland now they do at no other time in the last 2000 yrs could the lord return why ....... because in matthew chapter 24 and the entire book of revelation the jews are in their land and christ comes to the mount of olives and they are in their land this has all happened since 1948 god has not broken his covenant with the nation of israel and never will my point is this, [he is returning soon] one more scripture about what is happening politicaly now in the middle east, its zechariah ch 12 v 2 v 3.. god says.... i will make jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about when they shall be in the siege both against judah and jerusalem i will make jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces though the whole earth be gathered together against it..... here god is talking about the build up to armaggedon it is truly now a political burden to the arab states the un and even washington,, eventually all nations will turn against israel... then in ch 14 v 4. the lord will return and his feet will stand on the mout of olives ....so here we are 2010 and the jewish people are in the land again after 2000 yrs and . it is a political burden and also the lord will return to his people in their land that could never have happened in any other time in history... bible prophecy is coming to pass and the lord is returning........... in our lifetime